The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-01

run out there-are You cracked,
man roared the millionaire. Don't
you know that there's something very
much like a panic ON change
why, no. hadn't heard of it, Well.
then, send OUT some agent of yours with
your check for $4J 900 or the right to draw
on you for that amount"
THE deucei / hain't got no time TO
bother"
He scratched his head angrily, then
drew a check for the required amount and
handed il to Wachtmeister. You run
out and settle the thing yourself he
said. II know the property. 1t is worth
the money. / know, too, that Perkins is
I'm q tight place You'd better hurry
''But couldn't you send Lawson along
with me''
you just clear out. Do you suppose /
can spare Lawson on a day like thiss''
''An right You'll hear from me to-
morrow"
wachtmeister folded the check. put il
into his pocketbook and rushed out as
breathlessly as he had come. IL was the
last time Mr.. Hardness had the pleasure
of gazing upon his countenance. He
learned by chance the next day that the
Oakland property had not been sold and
that no bid had been made for it by his
Teutonis protege. But a man of S20, 900,
600 consoles himself easily.
"a smart chap" he said TO himself,
holding approvingly; ION the whole it
experience was worth $4,000, with the
fun thrown in"
II was in the early winter of 1882 that a
visitor was announced to Miss Hatcher
Schrader. She gave a few decorative
touches to her person before the mi--or,
rearranged her hair with q critical eye,
and then burst with headlOng ardor into
the adjoining room and flung herself into
the arms of her visitor. She became con
scious, however, before regaining the per
pendicular state, that his enthusiasm was
scarcely equal to her own
We'll, Max" she said, concealing her
disappointment, tell me the story Of
your adventures
Instead of answering Max pulled rron:
his pocket q package of papers which h.
unfolded and carefully spread out upon
the table. They were United States bonds
Ct the aggregate value of at least $50, 600
Kitchens eyes grew big and radiant as
she contemplated the possibilities of happi-
ness contained in these prosaic figures
"Oh, Max, my dear MAXI she cried de-
hghtedly; ''you are a rich man. How l
do love youi But tell me how you made
SO much money"
81 made my experiment in trangres-
sion"
Eyes, but how did you make it,''
by the aid of my science"
Now. don't be provoking What did
you dos''
Il asserted the power of an intellect.
the value of which, for practical pur-
poses, you had the kindness to question"
''Oh, l shall go mad, Max, if you don't
tell me-" exclaimed the girl. DO have
pity ON me,'
Every well, will tell you, not because
you deserve my confidence, but in order to
prove to you that the poverty 20 which the
devotee of science dooms himself is a vol
untary one, and on that account sublime.
The stricter moral law which Mr.. Har-
bitsch and his like ignore with IMMUNITY,
j, too, could ignore and be wealthy as
they. To be a scoundrel and go TO Jail for
it requires no great intellectS but to make
a safe and profitable experiment in trans
erosion is quite another thing"
The story was then told, a part of which
we have already heard; how Max hap
pened to cross in the steamer with a Dutch
professor, who had served a two years.
sentence for counterfeiting; how he had
assumed his name after possessing hiIH-
self of all the facts of his history, and in
San Francisco successfully played the part
of an alchemist. He had invested his pa
ternal Inheritance of about $1,000 in the
experiment; had bought metallic gold,
which he had reduced to precipitate with
sulphate of iron, and represented it in a
finely divided state as a black sand, which
an expert would readily have recognized
as gold, but which would easily deceive
men with no chemical knowledge. When
he related the story of the check and the
exactness with which, by his insight into
human nature, he could predict the &C.
81 L.
eyes sparkled with amusement.
''Oh, Max, my dear Max she ejacu-
lated, laughing, Il never dreamed that
you We're SO clever"
but l." he responded with uncomfOrt-
able seriousness, Il gave you credit for
being a great deal cleverer"
what do you mean by that2''
''You seem to have forgotten that this I
was a mere experiment in transgression.
do you mean to say you won't keep /.
the money!"
Eyes; / have already telegraphed to 4
Mr.. Hardness informing him that the sum |
Of $45, 900 Will tomorrow be awaiting his 1
order in the Imperial Bank of Germany" |
'Oh, Max, you don't mean itr'
The pretty, laughing face became sud /
denly picture of dismay.
There is a copy of the cablegram."
Max fiurk with visible disgust a piece /
Of paper on the table, then gathered up
his bonds and put them in his pocket |
Katchen seized the paper and read:
Undersigned hopes you forgive rough !
practical joke. Amount of check awaits |
order Imperial bank Wachtmeister.
Then you have gained nothing at all !
by your cleverness, she said, brushing a /
tear from the corner of her eye.
Yes, ;" he replied with pitiless gravity;
81 have been saved from the mistake of 1
sharing my life with one who disposed my .
noble calling and was ready to wink at |
DIR. Max Semmler made profOur-l bow
and backed out of the door.-H. H. Boye- |
son in The Epoch.